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Award-winning groundsman Birks calling time on long career at Trent Bridge
Nottingham Post
|November 04, 2025
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE’S long-serving head groundsman Steve Birks is to retire in January following a 28-year career at Trent Bridge.
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Having joined the club from Derbyshire in 1997, Birks has been consistently recognised as among the finest groundsmen in the game.
His accolades include multiple titles at the ECB’s Grounds Manager of the Year awards - including the overall award in 2017, the one-day accolade in 2016 and success in the four-day category in 2011 and 2012.
England Men twice broke the world record ODI score on pitches prepared by Birks - hammering 444 against Pakistan in 2016 before hitting 481 against Australia on the same pitch two summers later.
This story is from the November 04, 2025 edition of Nottingham Post.
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